Modest Poems - Poems about Modest

Ode to Petunia

Petunia is the plain little sister
who gets overlooked and passed over.

She’s not the pretty one,
always quiet and reserved,
not classy, fancy or graceful.
She takes backstage at every turn.

No games, no false pretenses.
She’s frumpy, floppy and flimsy.
Her scent is unrefined,
not confused with real perfumes.

She’s somewhat of an ugly duckling
but when the going gets tough,
we can’t help but

MODEST FLAME

Thou anointed, modest love,
Bears in it honesty of a hornet’s sting,
Wherein cherubs startle in awe and sing -
Wherein tender love does spring:
Be unto thee.
Whose summer’s casted gaze is naught for mere splendor,
In thy abundant spring,
Let no gaze of delight cease.
And thy heart burned incense,
Where gifts of mercy came known,
A sacred flame,
For love alone.
And in thy

A Modest Enemy

The argument of silence, absonant,
hammers into the pliant mind it’s hard
nails of craving.—a spirit thusly marred
will yield to any prickle, every scant

pressure to give in.—once the foreign implant
is firmly riveted, a brain so jarred
can no longer trust its levies to guard
its thoughts against the inner, speechless “can’t”.

Quietudes disturb the peace of silent
folk, pounding its forceful

Adriana

my neighbour was a simple woman
quiet and modest in all ways
she led the kind of life
that most would never envy

from nine to five she'd pay her dues
but then on weekends would come to life
she'd get dolled up and put on heels
and turn into a real live beauty queen



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

In the Modest Way

In their own tenacious way
Luddits creep out of dust
Forcing time to stand and stay
In the stales of past
They crimilalize in panic
Everything that moves
Passengers of ghost Titanic
Though the news we cruise
Prohibitions fall like leaves
In the August rain
There’s no air for me to breathe
Under luddits reign 
So I violate their laws 
In the modest way
Like a rebel

Modest is never me

I don’t want to be famous, is no gripe,
One can fetch some fame with a lot of hype,
No never, that’s not me,
I’d rather farther see
To see me more a legendary type.
___________________  
Limerick|12.11.2024|humour

Poet’s note: No, I never can say such a thing. Something to this effect Calvin said to his alter ego and puffed tiger,

Be Modest

When things grace us,

Our faith and resilience soar.

We feel stronger and worry about nothing.


When hit by ill-luck,

Our actions shrink up.

We trudge with faintness and falter.


Things may take divergent paths.

Receive them with the same verve.

Stand sturdily and accept.

Remembrance of Modest Decor

The decor of laces,
And fragrance of lavenders,
In the land of Georgia,
With attire of antiques,

The melody of wind chimes,
Echoing in harmony with grand piano,
Like heaven is playing harp,
And pearls bursting everywhere,

O, the modesty of it all,
Dressed up in high class,
Candles in rustic brass holder,
Lighting up off white wall,

Exploring ivory artfully crafted everywhere,
Rustic kitchen with wooden floor,
Washing

Modest Finanaces

Modest finances 

We're supposed to travel to the Algarve, stay at a posh hotel, and eat at a restaurant that sells African food
on my birthday
So many medical bills coming, an unhealthy thud in our post-box and the tediousness of re-insuring the car to walk in our car-infested town and the lengths to banks and medical

Gifts

Kind words spoken with the power to heal.
Inimitable pearls like no other in the vast ocean.
A comforting touch to soothe a strong emotion.
When sharp sorrow you attempt to conceal.
An unexpected token of love out of the blue:
To strengthen the bond; bring souls ever closer.
True sincerity, not the artifice of a poser:
A stranger’s chocolate-eyes smile just

Organ of Sight

They started with a puddle,
And ended with a maple.

View of river when sunset.
And them being the modest.

Beautiful not to look beyond it.
But hard to read through it.

Wondering what can be their bridle,
Where, melancholy is the only disciple.

Did You Remember

Did you remember to give thanks for waking up to another wonderful day?
Would it help to improve your path by taking just a few minutes to pray?
When does gratitude come into play during a person’s daily life?
Does appreciation improve the state of mind of a husband or wife?
 
How does chemistry work when generating joy

Modest Giant

For its own proud boast
Nothing lusty heard
For a tree, gleamy leaved, raised is.
Its bird; left to it.
With an upheaved breast
To sing, far and wide, its praises.

Unsolved Criminal Mystery Modest Prevarication

Unsolved criminal mystery...modest prevarication

Found yours truly
a grateful dead head
convenient scapegoat dejure
Norristown police officers
fingerprinted me for 
casual postal employment
linked to vicious brutal crime
someone else who shared 
identical name and fingerprints as mine
the latter of corpse far fetched 
stole social security

I ream member – 
being held ransom 
bound and gagged
if paperback writer
wrote story resultant account
would total about

Suttlties

Ain't never been
That important to
You
Just hope we never
Part
Love ain't what people
Think it is
When we do our part
Ain't what it suppose
To be
We knew that from the
Start
Don't  know what true
Love is
Guess I will listen
To my heart

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